Music has always been cherished by the Afghan people. Today young Afghans enjoy everything from traditional tunes to rock and pop by way of the internet, radio and TV.
Countryman features the talents of Afghan, Canadian and British musicians, all of them convinced that voices and instruments, not guns, can sound the only winning call to peace.
Our first video provides a glimpse of that hope, rising above the chaos of three decades of war.
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